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Your guide to the police clearance application form Many people, both South Africans and foreigners to the country, require from time to time a police clearance certificate application form to apply for the document. The reasons for needing a police clearance are numerous, from obtaining work, work visas, residence permits, citizenships, marriages abroad and a […]

One of the most frequently asked questions and fears from clients is this: “Can I safely courier South African documents and will they get lost?” Of course, this is an understandable fear – losing these documents would be very detrimental and when one thinks of courier companies, even a small mistake could cause the loss […]

Many people require divorce decrees for certain applications overseas, but sometimes in the difficult time that divorce poses, no records were kept and they do not have a copy of their divorce decree or even case number. If you were married in South Africa or had your marriage registered in South Africa, you would have […]

PLEASE NOTE: THIS ISSUE IS NOW RESOLVED AND THE BACKLOG HAS BEEN HANDLED. The South African Police Service’s Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) has reportedly crashed, as cited by Die Burger. On Thursday, 6 December 2018, SAPS had more than 30,000 unprocessed claims that were backlogged on the system, and it unfortunately does not look […]

What is a Police Clearance Certificate A South African Police Clearance Certificate is a vital document for individuals that want to move out of South Africa, and often for those moving in. It is an official document that is used to verify the current criminal status of an applicant for immigration purposes or for securing […]

We receive countless enquiries from people travelling to China to teach English or work in some or other capacity. China is a large country and has representation in South Africa in Pretoria and Cape Town What is Chinese Embassy attestation? To explain attestation, one should understand two other terms used in the legalisation of documents: […]

Do you have a copy of your Matric certificate? If not, it can be quite difficult to obtain, especially if you graduated more than twenty years ago. If your particulars have changed or you lost or damaged your original matric certificate, it can be quite stressful even understanding the process of how to apply for […]

What is attestation? When authenticating a document for another country, if that country does not belong to the Apostille Convention, the document is normally attested by the embassy of the destination country. So, if you want a South African degree made ready for usage in China, you would have to verify it and then take […]

Getting your academic qualifications verified and apostilled for legal use abroad can be a lengthy process, and not knowing where to have documents verified for their authenticity is often one of the biggest issues that people face. Before you can have your academic qualifications apostilled, you will need to have them verified for authenticity, and […]

If you have ever had to deal with getting documents legalised for use abroad, you might have stumbled upon the word apostille quite a few times. In a bid to help you better understand the history of apostilles, let us examine the importance of these certificates. Definition of an apostille The Hague Convention Abolishing the […]

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